I went to watch Porcupine Tree at the Manchester Academy 2 last night.
The support band were Anathema, a Liverpool band who sound like a cross between A Perfect Circle and Vex Red, with a bit of doomy metal thrown in as well. Rather good.
Porcupine Tree were stunning. They played quite a lot from their new album “Deadwing” as well as a couple of tracks from “Up The Downstair” (which is going to be re-released in a few months) and a mixture of other old stuff. Highlights for me were “Blackest Eyes”, “Trains” and “Lazarus”. Definately worth checking out if you like your music intelligent and proggy, but with loads of melody to boot.
